Childhood in both sides of the Iron Curtain
I was born in the town of Chernivtsi, Ukraine (back when it was the USSR)
In 1970 my family immigrated to the United States against all odds, and united with my father’s sister who miraculously survived Auschwitz.
Uniting with one part of the family led to a separation with another part – my brother and his family were left behind the iron curtain.